Mop-holder.



H M. STURGIS.

MOP HOLDER.

APPLIOATIQN FILED 00T. 30, 1911.

Patented July 2, 1912.

FICE.

HERBERT M. STURGIS, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR 0F FIFTY-FIVE ONE- HUNDREDTHS T0 F. E. WEAR, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

MOP-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2, 1912.

Application filed October 30, 1911. Serial No. 657,641.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HERBERT M. Sinners, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and vState of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mop-Holders, of which Vthe following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to mop holders, and my object is to produce a device of this character of simple, strong, durable and cheap construction.

To this end the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and organization as hereinafter described and claimed; and in order that it may be fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which` Figure l, is "an elevation of a fragment of a mop holder embodying my invention. Fig. 2, is a section on the line II-II of Fig. l.. Fig. 3, is a section on the line III- IH of Fig. l. Fig. t, is a section on the line IV-IV of Fig. 2. Fig. 5, is a perspective view of a fragment of the mop handle. Fig. 6, is a perspective view of a ferrule forming a part of the mop holder. Fig. 7, is a perspective view of the mop cord or cloth clamp.

In t-he said drawings l indicates a handle of the customary type used for mops and bifurcated at it-s head end to provide a pair of opposite jaws 2.

8 is a tapered ferrule adapted for use on the bifurcated end o-f the handle to bend said jaws until they are clamped tightly together at the front end of the bifurcation.

4 is a clamp preferably made from wire of heavy gage, the same being bent to substantially U-form and then bent inwardly in the reverse direction as at 5 so as to produce an eye 6, and substantially parallel legs 7, the diameter of the eye exceeding the distance between the legs. This clamp is adapted to be slipped into the ferrule at the small or front end of the same, and to facilitate such insert-ion of the clamp into the ferrule the free ends of the legs 7 are bent to form the inwardly converging arms 8.

In practice the bunch of mop cord or the mop cloth not shown, is slipped through the eye of the clamp. The legs of the latter are then slipped into the ferrule and the large end of the latter is fitted over the front end of the handle, the arms 2 of the same being pressed inward slightly if necessary, though:

clamp to be pulled in practice, the enlarged end of the ferrule may be slightly greater in diameter than the diameter of the front end of the handle. lVith the parts thus arranged heavy pressure is applied by any suitable means, not shown to force the ferrule and clamp upon the handle, the clamp being so disposed that its legs within the ferrule shall fit in the bifurcation of the handle.

The operation of forcing the ferrule and the clamp upon the handle and within the bifurcation thereof respectively, and the forcing of the jaws of the handle inward to clamp the clamp firmly in position is simultaneous, and in such operation the legs of the clamp become embedded in the jaws of the handle, as will be readily understood by reference particularly to Figs. 2, 3, and t. By reference to said figures it will be seen that the clamp is held reliably in position not only through the frictional contact of the jaws with the legs of the clamp but also because said jaws come together between the legs and forward of the arms 8 thereof. It will also be understood by reference to Fig. 3 particularly, that the ferrule under the resistance offered by the aws wilt assume an elliptic forni in cross section at all points forward of its rear end, at which point it will retain its circular form, assuming said elliptic form because the jaws of the clamp spring together and by thus springing together close the outer ends of the bifurcation so that it will be impossible for the out of the ferrule without causing arms 8 to tear through a substantially solid portion of the handle. It will also be apparent that because the eye of the clamp is of such diameter that it swells outward beyond the ferrule, it is impossible for the latter to be dislocated. The clamp locks the ferrule in position by preventing forward movement of the same and the ferrule locks the clamp in position by preventing separable movement of the jaws or outward movement of the legs of the clamp.

As it is obviously impossible for the clamp and ferrule to become detached from each other or from the handle, it is clear that the bunch of mop cord or mop cloth may be clamped so tightly by the eyeof the clamp against the end of the handle and ferrule, that it will be impossible for it to work loose and become detached in use.

From the above description it will be apform. a pair of jaws parent that I have produced a mop holder possessing the features of advantage enumerated as desired, and I wish it to be understood that'while I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of the invention I do not desire to be restricted toV the exact details of construction shown and described, as obvious modifications will suggest themselves to one skilled in the art.

I claim:

1. In a mop holder,

at one end, a ferrule fitting upon the bifurcated end of the handle and holding said jaws in a forwardly converging relation, and a clamp of substantially-U-form, consisting of an eye forward of the ferrule and handle and legs fitting in the ferrule at diametrically opposite points and clamped between and embedded in the innerfaces of the said jaws.

2. In a mop holder, a handlebifurcated to form a pair of jaws at one end, a ferrule fitting upon the bifurcated end of the handle and holding said jaws in a forwardly converging relation, and a clamp of substantially U-form consisting of an eye forward of the ferrule and handle and legs fitting in the ferrule at diametrically opposite points and clamped between and embedded in the inner faces of the said aws; the eye of the clamp being wider than and bearing against the front end of the ferrule to prevent forward movement thereof.

3. In a mop holder, a handle bifurcated to form a pair of jaws at one end, a ferrule fitting upon the bifurcated end of the handle and holding said jaws in a Jforwardly converging relation, and a clamp of substantially U-form consisting of an eye forward of the ferrule and handle and legs fitting in theferrule at diametrically opposite a handle bifurcated to y points and clamped between and embedded 1n the inner faces of the jaws; the free ends of the legs of the clamp terminating in inturned arms. Y 41:. In a mop holder, a handle bifurcated toAform a pair of jaws at one end, a ferrule fitting upon the bifurcated end of the handlevand holding said jaws in a forwardly converging relation, and a clamp of substantially U-form consisting of an eye forward of the ferrule and handle and legs fitting in the ferrule at diametrically opposite points and clamped between and embedded in the inner faces of the jaws; the Vfree ends of the legs of the clamp terminating in inturned arms, and the eye of the clamp being wider than and bearing against the front end of the ferrule to prevent forward movement thereof.

5. A mop holder comprising a handle, bi-

furcated to provide a pair of opposite jaws at one end, a ferrule fitting upon the bifuroated end of the handle and tape-ring forwardly and holding the jaws in a forwardly converging relation with the front extremities of their inner faces inv contact, a U shaped wire clamp with its legs fitting be# tween the jaws of the handle and against the ferrule at diametrically opposite sides of the same, the closed end or eye of the clamp being of greater width than and bearing against the front end of the ferrule and the free ends of the legs of the clamp terminating in inwardly projecting arms.

,In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

HERBERT n. srnners.

Witnesses:

HELEN C. Ronsnns, Gr. Y. THORPE.

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